The following websites were featured in our 10 Technologies in 90 minutes on Monday. I hope you find the resources helpful.
1. Video & Photo sharing websites
YouTube at: www.youtube.com
Vimeo at: www.vimeo.com
Google video at: http://video.google.com
Commoncraft at: www.commoncraft.com (Videos on technology – highly recommended)
FlickR at: www.flickr.com – photo sharing website
Smugmug at: www.smugmug.com
Picasa at: www.picasa.google.com (Photo Imaging and management software)
Picasa Web Albums at: www.picasaweb.google.com - photo sharing website
GIMP at: www.gimp.org (Photo Imaging software)
2.Voice over IP
Skype at: www.skype.com (Voip supplier)
3. Social networking & microblogging
MySpace at: www.myspace.com
Facebook at: www.facebook.com
Linkedin at: www.linkedin.com (Employment Social Networking site)
Twitter at: www.twitter.com – (social networking micro-blogging site)
4. Cloud computing (working in the cloud)
Google Documents at: http://doc.google.com (Software website)
Dropbox at: www.dropbox.com (Document management software)
Zoho at: www.zoho.com (Application software website – free word processing, spreadsheets, presentations software & storage)
Zoho Documents at: http://docs.zoho.com (Word document and storage website)
5. Ebooks & eBook Readers
Amazon at: www.amazon.com (eBook site)
Project Gutenburg at http://www.gutenberg.org (eBook site)
eReader blogsite: http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/
Hathi Trust at: www.hathitrust.org
Booklending at: www.booklending.com (eBook leading site)
6. RSS Feeds
Google Reader at: www.google.com/reader
Blogger at: www.blogger.com
Word Press at: www.wordpress.com
7. Blog websites
Search Me Now at: http://searchmenow.blogspot.com/ (Malcolm’s Blog)
Links to websites on family history, travel, health, new technology, search tips.
Lifehacker at: www.lifehacker.com.au (Technology Blog)
Craftzine at: http://blog.craftzine.com (Craft Blog)
Frockwriter at: www.frockwriter.com (Fashion Blog)
Gizmodo at: www.gizmodo.com.au (Technology/Gadget Blog)
eReader blog at: http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/ (eReader Blog)
Google Blog search at: http://blogsearch.google.com/ (Search Engine Blog)
Technorati at http://www.technorati.com/ (Search Engine Blog)
Search engine blog at: http://www.searchengineblog.com
Search Engine watch at: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/ (Search Engine Blog)
8. Augmented Reality
You Tube video about AE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqxF2Vdkyxw
Commoncraft video about Augmented Realityat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-A1l4Jn6EY
Augmented Reality video – Is it real life or cinema?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6c1STmvNJc
9. Mobile devices & Applications or Apps
Andriod Market: https://market.android.com
Apple (iPhones) at: http://itunes.apple.com/au/app
App store at: http://www.apple.com/iphone/from-the-app-store/
10. Near Field Communication & QR codes
Touchanote at: http://www.touchanote.com
Evernote at: www.evernote.com
Near field Communication video at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk5mUdeEF8c
Demonstration video of NFC at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=jl9uTsjRF6c&NR=1
QR codes read/NFC at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f08Rwcv4K1o
Invisible QR codes video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iPgYV-__mo&feature=related
Other Technology Topics & websites previously covered
Wikipeadia at: www.wikipedia.org (Wiki)
PBwiki at: www.pbwiki.com (Wiki Hosting website)
Wikispaces at: www.wikispaces.com (Wiki Hosting website)
Google Maps at: http://maps.google.com.au
Google Street View http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/ (Find out more)
Technology help site
ForwardIT at: http://www.forwardit.sa.gov.au/learn/it
